Sunday, January 1, 2012

Maddy's Big Adventure

I have worked with people from a variety of cultures who celebrate the start of a new calendar in a number of ways, but for some reason like the concept of starting out fresh and clean. New Year's Eve is frequently spent cleaning up from Christmas and giving the house a bit of a once over. This year, our almost 5 year old Lab, Maddy, seemed like she could use a bit of sprucing up as well and though we've never brought our big dogs in for professional grooming, the time had come.


We stayed local and visited Tracy at The Dog House. Although we love Maddy and her extremely expressive personality, she has never had this experience and typically is not a fan of strange dogs so our concerns were her meeting up with the previous or next appointment. We were happily greeted by just Tracy and loved the wide open space that allowed us to chat and see if our canine family member was going to behave. All was fine.


Maddy's spa experience included washing, pedicure, combing, a bit of stray hair cutting and for us, we were able to chat a bit with Tracy. Most people may feel this is all fairly routine and perhaps a dull part of pet ownership, but for us this was somehow more. Our first yellow Lab, Sandy, developed terminal breast cancer at just five years old. Can you guess who will turn five in just a few short weeks?


Dried, fluffed and buffed, sprayed with a bit of fresh scent and tied with a complimentary rock star bandana, Maddy began to let us know that while she enjoyed everything had had enough.

The fabulous moments were plentiful in this one seemingly ordinary experience. Our emotional and ok, a little spoiled Maddy now looks and smells spectacular, we truly enjoyed spending some time with Tracy and the new year can all begin on the right foot or paw. If only I could be this enthusiastic about cleaning out the refrigerator...















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